LC control no. | n 80028582 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Chessie System, Inc. |
Variant(s) | C and O Auto Ferries Chessie Cruises Chessie System, Incorporated Chessie System Railroads CSI |
See also | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company Michigan-Wisconsin Transportation Company Product of a merger: CSX Corporation |
Biography/History note | Merged with Seaboard Coast Lines to form CSX Corp. Nov. 1, 1980. |
Beginning date | 1973 |
Ending date | 1980 |
Found in | Troast, J. L. Finance docket no. 28905 (Sub-No. 1) et al., 1979 (subj) t.p. (Chessie System, Inc.) p. iii (CSI) Moody's ind. man., 1983 (under CSX Corporation: on 11/1/80 company merged Chessie System, Inc., and Seaborad Coast Line Industries, Inc.) Kemble, J.H. Kemble maritime ephemera collection, 1855-1988 (Chessie System, Incorporated; ferry and cargo service; also known as Chessie System Railroads, Chessie, CSI; includes promotional names (not separate divisions) C and O Auto Ferries and Chessie Cruises; took control of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company in 1973; merged into CSX Corporation in 1980; its ferry service and ferries purchased by Michigan-Wisconsin Transportation Company in 1983) |